There is real science and there is corporate-mandated science. The latter creates symptom relief drugs that the purveyor makes billions off of and then gets sued for harming the customers. That sort of thing by way of a small sample.
“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
― G.K. Chesterton
“These cells of the inner self are darker than the deepest stone dungeon, and as long as they are locked, all your revolution remains but a prison mutiny, to be put down by corrupted fellow prisoners.”
― Peter Weiss, The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
@edgarblythe,
De Sade’s cell during the terror overlooked a pile of dead bodies.
@izzythepush,
I once had a copy of Satan's Saint, a biography of the man. The cover had been specially treated to feel sticky to the touch.
@edgarblythe,
I won a set of the beginner’s guide books. One of the books was on De Sade.
They’re very good if you want to wrap your head around something is a short period of time.
@izzythepush,
Sade once wrote a letter concerning the execution of Damien. It used to be online but I can't find it now. When his words still were fresh in my mind I recounted it to a girl I was dating. A few minutes later she said that was the first time any conversation made her physically ill. She had taken a break for a quick upchuck.
“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.”
― Mark Twain
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
Freely translated, "Accursed are those who with their word defend the people and with their deeds betray them."
Benito Juarez
“Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.”
― Steve Martin
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
― George Carlin
“Is that a bulletproof vest? See, now that's so insulting. That's like saying I'm not smart enough to shoot you in the head."
Eddie DeChooch”
― Janet Evanovich, Seven Up
“Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.”
― Criss Jami
“You can say any fool thing to a dog, and the dog will give you this look that says, `My God, you're RIGHT! I NEVER would've thought of that! ” ––Dave Barry
“Out of my sight! Thou dost infect mine eyes.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard III
“You've got to have something to eat, and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave.”
― Billie Holiday
“It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.”
― Molière
“It is important to bear in mind that political campaigns are designed by the same people who sell toothpaste and cars.”
― Noam Chomsky
“I wonder why progress looks so much like destruction.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America
